Dynamic Demand-Centered Process-Oriented Data Model for Inventory Management of Hemovigilance Systems

Abstract

The variation of demand, limited supply, and perishability of blood products results in a high degree of uncertainty and complexity in hemovigilance systems [1]. The effective management of blood products in this segment of the blood supply chain plays a crucial role in decreasing unnecessary costs, wastage, and shortages [2]. One of the primary concerns of blood banks, as an essential part of the blood transfusion chain, is identifying and separating the system's activities and components. Hence, user requirements should be recognized to organize the resources and functions that

A simple empirical inventory model for managing the processed corneal tissue equitably in hospitals with demand differentiation

“…The current investigation seeks to find optimal ways to meet the PCT demands health-economically, with minimal shortage and wastage for the real-world medical systems. Generally, and in the current research, patients’ demands are separated into three priority classes considering health equity, named ‘High’, ‘Medium’, and ‘Low’, according to the patient medical condition and treatment urgency (Sohrabi et al 2021a ; b ).…”

“…Medical products are mostly perishable with increasing demand due to the growing population (Santhi and Karthikeyan 2016 ). Managing the medical products in such a way as to improve the quality of health services while minimizing their wastage and shortage is always associated with some complexities (Chaudhary et al 2018 ; Sohrabi et al 2021b ). Most medical products need special devices to maintain and control the temperature.…”

An equity-oriented multi-objective inventory management model for blood banks considering the patient condition: A real-life case

“…Based on the report of a recent study on a real blood bank process, the blood demands are generally divided into two main categories in the aspect of election administration: elective (scheduled) and non-elective (non-scheduled) [35]. However, the hospitals mostly encounter non-elective demands in case of emergencies.…”

“…Regarding the diversity of blood types (ABO), physicians prefer to use the same blood type for patients in the first place. Nevertheless, in cases of shortage, substitution is a possibility based on medical priorities [35]. Most previous models are generally limited to one or two non-substitutable products for more simplification [8,20,26].…”

“…The product freshness, substitution allowance, response urgency, and allocation policy are specified according to each patient group's condition and blood bank's current practice. Note that the authors have investigated the understudy problem and assumptions practically in a previous study related to the real hospitals' blood banks process model [35]. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this paper is the first pragmatic study to address health equity in blood inventory management as one of the main criteria in satisfying the increasing demands.…”